-------------------- too -- water, liquid ----------------------

too -- water, liquid

Pronunciation:
  Like "TOE" (Listen)

Etymology:
  too is the basic word for water present with only slight modification in almost all Athabaskan languages.

Culture:

  Too refers to any sort of water or liquid, including fresh and salt water.

  When too has a possessive prefix and suffix or is otherwise possessed it refers to a juice or fluid from the possessor (e.g. uutoo', its juice; naadeel'-too', sugarpine sap).
  
  
Related Languages:

  Lassik, Nongatl, Sinkyone, Wailaki: too
  Mattole: to:
  Hupa: to (body of water, ocean), ta'na:n (drinking water)

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